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Publisher of Sahara Reporters and former presidential candidate and activist, Omoyele Sowore, has disclosed that he has been granted bail following an engagement with the Force Intelligence Department of the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja on Monday. The activist was summoned to address several allegations, including resisting and obstructing public officers, disobedience to lawful orders, […]
Continue ReadingLagos State and the drama of its embattled lawmaker and ex-Speaker of its parliament, Mudashiru Obasa, appropriately answer to an idiom in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Insatiably curious about the mysteries of Wonderland, Alice had used the word, “Curiouser and curiouser” to express the mysteries of how she shrinks after drinking a potion. When […]
Continue ReadingThe catastrophe in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shown no sign of subsiding, as 11 members of the National Working Committee (NWC) moved against the acting PDP National Chairman, Umar Damagum, and National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, in the ongoing legal battle over the party’s secretary, according to Sunday Punch. Damagum is being asked to […]
Continue ReadingA video has surfaced online showing a male motorist flirting with a married Nigerian policewoman on duty, which sparked a heated debate on social media. In a video clip, which has gone viral, the male motorist, whose face is not shown, calls the policewoman, who later told him her name is Chioma, over to his […]
Continue ReadingA heartwarming moment has captured the internet’s attention, as a video of Cameroonian football legend and President of the Cameroonian Football Federation, Samuel Eto’o, recognising a former teammate now working as a security guard goes viral. Eto’o had attended an event in Douala and was leaving when several fans gathered outside, wanting to chat and […]
Continue ReadingIt looks like the Ghanaian hip hop song, sung by Sylvanus Dodji Jeoffrey popularly known as Captain Planet (4×4) and others, or the pidgin saying: “monkey dey work, baboon dey chop” when one considers the amount of Value Added Tax (VAT) each geopolitical zone in Nigeria generated in 2024 and how much each zone got […]
Continue ReadingDonald Trump’s second term may not be all bad for all nations, including and especially China. For many Chinese internet users, Trump’s policies have unwittingly strengthened their country. This is why he has earned the popular nickname “Chuan Jianguo,” which means “Make China Great.” Trump’s first term made at least three notable contributions to China’s […]
Continue ReadingOba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe, the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, on Saturday, ordered the dissolution of the Sharia panel set up at the Central Mosque, Ado Ekiti in the interest of peaceful coexistence and law and order in the community. The monarch spoke in Ado Ekiti during a meeting he held with the chiefs and indigenes […]
Continue ReadingImpeached Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has faulted his removal by the members of the House. Speaking on his removal for the first time on Saturday, Obasa said it was important for the lawmakers to follow the constitutional procedure to remove him as speaker. He also denied the allegations of […]
Continue ReadingDemocracies are sustainable only under conditions that allow competitive party systems to operate. There is a crisis in Nigeria’s democratic system and the source is our dysfunctional party system. For ruling parties, the crisis is deep; they stop operating as parties and become machines for ruling executives – the president and state governors – to […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Gudu, has sentenced a prominent Abuja-based clergyman, Bishop Kenneth Duke, to 20 years imprisonment without an option of fine for raping a 12-year-old girl. National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) disclosed this in a statement titled ‘An FCT High Court sentenced a […]
Continue ReadingNigerian star actress, Olayinka Solomon, popularly known as Ogo Mushin, has shared new family photos. The new mother of a bouncing baby boy, took to her Instagram page to share the lovely new photos with her family. She wrote: “Truly, we are blessed beyond measure, and for this, we are forever grateful to Almighty Allah 🙏 […]
Continue ReadingBeatrice Ekweremadu, wife of former Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has returned to Nigeria, according to Vanguard. Senator Ekweremadu, his wife, and Dr. Obinna Obeta were sentenced by a UK court in May 2023, over charges related to organ harvesting. She arrived in Abuja today January 22. In May 2023, the court found […]
Continue ReadingSection 31 of the 1979 Constitution provided that every individual was entitled to respect for the dignity of his person, and accordingly no person shall be subject to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment. Article 5 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act Cap A9 Laws of the […]
Continue ReadingOne of the convicts who served jail time for taking part in the US Capitol riot four years ago has refused a pardon from President Donald Trump. Pamela Hemphill, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 60 days in prison, told the BBC that there should be no pardons for the January 6, 2021 riot. “Accepting […]
Continue ReadingNigerian lady, Kate Chinagorom Eze has taken to her Facebook wall to tell her fellow women not to use fasting as an excuse not to sleep with their husbands. She wrote: “Remember that your husband is not part of your 30 days fasting. Don’t use that as an excuse to close legs. You are inviting […]
Continue ReadingA close ally of the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, and a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lt. General Jeremiah Timbut Useni (retd), has passed away. According to family sources, Gen. Useni died on Thursday January 23, 2025, following a protracted illness. His death was also confirmed in a statement by […]
Continue ReadingDora Chichah, the woman who married a Catholic priest from the Diocese of Warri, Delta State, Rev Fr. Daniel Okanatotor Oghenerukevwe, has revealed how she met her husband. Catholic Diocese of Warri suspended Fr. Daniel Oghenerukevwe for getting married in the United States without completing the formal process of being released from his priestly vows. […]
Continue ReadingIf, by the end of his tenure, Bola Tinubu did not activate a socio-political orientation programme, he would have become the first president since 1983 to buck the trend. Civilian and military presidents have had one “ethical revolution” project or the other; so far, it is unclear whether Tinubu will sustain the trend. To clarify […]
Continue ReadingLagos lawyer and rights activist, Femi Falana SAN, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to reinstate 38 Nigerian Army officers who were retired prematurely eight years ago. Falana, counsel for the 38 soldiers, also urged Tinubu to take judicial notice of the fact that the then administration of President Muhammadu Buhari refused to comply with […]
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